James Lovelock’s climate change U-turnhttp://theconversation.edu.au/james-lovelocks-climate-change-u-turn-6668
Andrew Glikson, The Conversation, 26 April 2012
Recent statements by James Lovelock, the distinguished physicist, are not easy to reconcile with his statements, writings and books over the years, including The Vanishing Face of Gaia; The Revenge of Gaia and others.

Warm Ocean Currents Cause Majority of Ice Loss from Antarcticahttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120425140353.htm
ScienceDaily, April 25, 2012
An international team of scientists led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has established that warm ocean currents are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica.

The extraordinary game of bluff in Australian renewableshttp://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/the-extraordinary-game-of-bluff-in-australian-renewables-95598
Giles Parkinson, ReNewEconomy, 24 April 2012
There are some funny games going on in the Australian renewable energy industry at the moment. According to the spirit, if not the letter of the law, Australia should be busily constructing wind farms, and contemplating the business case for other technologies, to meet the country’s bipartisan renewable energy target of 20 per cent by 2020.

Why utilities should fear the next boom in solar PVhttp://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/why-utilities-should-fear-the-next-boom-in-solar-pv-50006
Giles Parkinson, ReNewEconomy, 23 April 2012
The global solar PV market is giving all the impressions of an industry in crisis – reduced incentives, a glut of panels, bankruptcies of manufacturers and installers, closures of plants and plunging share prices. But are these the death throes of solar, a classic boom/bust cycle, or just natural growing pains? Definitely the latter, says global consultancy group McKinsey & Co.

Renewables could trump gas under greenhouse targetshttp://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3487216.htm
Michael Janda, ABC PM, April 23, 2012
A report by one of the world's leading credit ratings agencies predicts that it's unlikely that there'll be a significant increase in gas-fired electricity generation in Australia.

Climate change debate has moved onhttp://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2012/04/26/3489733.htm
Sara Phillips, ABC Environment, 26 Apr 2012
According to the Lowy Institute's annual poll, Australians are losing their conviction on climate change. The last poll, published in June 2011 showed that just 41 per cent of those polled agreed with the statement, "Global warming is a serious and pressing problem. We should begin taking steps now even if this involves significant costs" down from a whopping 68 per cent in 2006.
ANDClimate change real: new researchhttp://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/climate-change-real-new-research/2531748.aspx
Tom McIlroy, the Courier, 24 April 2012
Australians remain sceptical about the role of the federal government’s carbon tax in addressing climate change, with only one in four believing the tax will achieve its objective.
New research shows that more than 90 per cent of Australians believe climate change is a real phenomenon and are looking for government solutions, but 53 per cent said the tax would have a negative impact on the Australian economy.

Arctic Ocean could be source of greenhouse gas: studyhttp://phys.org/news/2012-04-arctic-ocean-source-greenhouse-gas.html
Phys.org, 22 April 2012
The fragile and rapidly changing Arctic region is home to large reservoirs of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. As Earth's climate warms, the methane, frozen in reservoirs stored in Arctic tundra soils or marine sediments, is vulnerable to being released into the atmosphere, where it can add to global warming. Now a multi-institutional study by Eric Kort of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has uncovered a surprising and potentially important new source of Arctic methane: the ocean itself.

Antarctica’s Ice Being Eaten Away From Belowhttp://www.universetoday.com/94821/antarcticas-ice-being-eaten-away-from-below/
Jason Major, Universe Today, April 25, 2012
Data collected from a NASA ice-watching satellite reveal that the vast ice shelves extending from the shores of western Antarctica are being eaten away from underneath by ocean currents, which have been growing warmer even faster than the air above.